Partner Solutions Architect - Commerce Partners
Stripe · Chicago, Atlanta, Remote · 1160 Partner Solution Engineering · listed August 19, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Executive
Experience asked
7–10 years
Where
Remote
Requirements listed
10
Length
733 words
In the posting’s own words
As a member of the Partner Solutions Architecture (PSA) team, you will be responsible for providing technical guidance to Stripe's partners. Our goal is to drive growth through co-solutioning, education, and enablement with our partner ecosystem. You'll serve as a critical technical liaison to Stripe's Partner Development Managers, creating comprehensive technical business plans that identify, incubate, and bring to market service and solution offerings built on or with Stripe. A Partner Solutions Architect at Stripe is intellectually curious, entrepreneurial, and energized by building deep technical trust with partners.
What it asks for · 10
- 10+ years of experience in a similar customer-facing engineering role such as solution consultant, solutions architect, sales engineer, etc.
- 7+ years of deep experience in Commerce space, Order-to-cash processes and ecosystem (like Salesforce, Adobe commerce offerings)
- Executive engagement skills and presence, with an ability to establish strong relationships with key decision makers and build credibility at all levels.
- Effective group-facilitation skills and confidence in proposing and leading customer meetings to gain strategic footing and pursue opportunities.
- Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and API architecture.
- Outstanding spoken and written communication skills, presentation skills, and confidence in explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to learn Stripe solutions such as Payments, Billing, Connect, and more.
- Ability to understand how a wide variety of applications such as ERP, CRM, Billing, Tax and legacy systems interact with each other in an enterprise technology ecosystem.
- Strong organizational and time management skills and the ability to juggle competing priorities while working with multiple strategic opportunities and customers.
- Experience within the Salesforce technology stack & ecosystem.
Also a plus
- Experience as a customer facing, domain expert in a software company; presenting, and architecting solutions for enterprise customers.
- Experience with integrating Stripe or other RESTful APIs into web applications.
- Experience in systems design, building and deploying complex applications.
- Prior experience in driving global enterprise technical sales for top-tier enterprise application companies.
- Experience in helping customers adopt and consume software in a cloud model.
- Passionate about learning and actively seeks out knowledge.
- Ability to work independently and confidently to develop a path forward with customers under ambiguous circumstances.
- Strategic and creative thinker who can proactively identify challenges and maintain a positive approach when facing difficult obstacles.
What the job covers
- Work with priority Salesforce, Adobe partners, including GSIs, to build out their Stripe capabilities and solutions to grow their business and drive non-linear growth in Stripes business.
- Develop and execute enablement plans.
- Be at the forefront of technical discussions & solution deep-dives with partners on the value Stripe can provide to their clients.
- Engage with CTO’s, engineering & other technical leads at key partners to share technology roadmaps, demonstrate the latest innovations, and define a solution strategy to expand the partnership revenue.
- Communicate success internally through QBRs, etc.
- Provide oversight, guidance, and assistance during the partners sales process to ensure mutual success in joint opportunities.
- Educate the Stripe GTM selling teams, notably our Solutions Architecture teams, on key Salesforce solutions and capabilities.
- Advocate for key partners within specific sales regions and identify areas for sales partnership.
- Collaborate on technical content (sample code, demos, etc.) to show partners how to implement specific use cases or best practices.
- Provide Partner-focused guidance on Stripe’s product through feedback.
Tools and skills named
Go to market
- Salesforce6×
- Solutions architecture4×
- Go-to-market
Frameworks
- REST
Words the posting leans on
- partners14×
- solutions12×
- technical11×
- experience8×
- customers6×
- enterprise6×
- salesforce6×
- business5×
- ecosystem5×
- sales5×
- skills5×
- key4×
- provide4×
- requirements4×
- strategic4×
- applications3×
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